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June 20 – August 15, 2012 Wednesdays Details: Kinnaird Park – Start time 7pm Entertainers: June 20, 2012 - SuperCat Studios June 27, 2012 - Scottish Evening with Trail Pipe Band & Scotties School of Highland Dance July 4, 2012 - Lisa Kienas and Jason Thomas – Country July 11, 2012 - That Girl & Earl – Old time Classics July 18, 2012 - New Dawn – Blue Grass July 25, 2012 - RAZZberry ROCKets – Rock n’Roll August 1, 2012 - Clinton Swanson Trio with Tony Ferraro-Jazz August 8, 2012 - Dawn Graham – A Tribute to Musicals August 15, 2012 - Willy Blizzard – Folk Music
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Building a Healthy Community Castlegar Recreation Complex 2101 - 6th Avenue, Castlegar, BC 250-365-3386
Castlegar & District Recreation Department Summer Drop In Fitness Schedule Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8:30-9:30am
Deep Water Workout
9:00-10:00am
Circuit Strength
6:00-7:00pm Ultimate Kickbox
Tuesday & Thursday 9:00-10:00am Step to It 7:00-8:00pm
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1 - 3 – 12 month Membership Passes Fitness Tickets: - 10 passes / $50.00 + tax - drop in fee $6.50
HOCKEY SKILLS CAMP (5 – 13 YRS)
Summer Public Swim Schedule Monday – Thursday
1:30-4:30 & 7:00-8:30pm
Saturday
10:00-12:00pm Special Family Rate! $6.50 tax include 12:00-6:00pm
Sunday
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CONCERTS IN THE PARK! WEDNESDAYS JULY 25TH RAZZBERRY ROCKETS – ROCK N’ROLL 7:00PM KINNAIRD PARK Notice to all Community Groups and Organizations. If you would like you event mentioned in this event calendar please e-mail the information to Castlegar Recreation Department at casrec@rdck.bc.ca or call 365-3386 ext 0.
We have lots of summer camps and programs for Castlegar Youth. Check out our Summer Leisure Guide on line or pick one up at the Castlegar Recreation Office. Go to www.rdck.bc.ca hit RECREATION BUTTON for On Line Registrations! Or phone 250-365-3386 ext 0 for phone registration.
ALS Society executive director Wendy Toyer meets with Florio Vassilakakis. Craig Lindsay photo
Local business owner Florio Vassilakakis was honoured Friday at the Castlegar Golf Course by ALS Society of BC executive director Wendy Toyer for his hard work and dedication during his recent ALS Golf-A-Thon. Vassilakakis ended up golfing 234 holes over one very long day. He raised over $1,200 for ALS. “We’re here to say thank you to the golfers here that golfed in support of ALS,” said Toyer. The program is in it’s seven years and is province-wide.
Provincial bronze for WKLA Midgets CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter
After all was said at done, the West Kootenay Lacrosse Association Midget C team came back from Provincials in Coquitlam with bronze around their necks. “The guys played excellent,” said assistant coach Maria Chirdaris. “They really played with heart and soul. Some sustained injuries and pushed through it. They showed determination.” In their opening round game, WKLA beat Williams Lake handily 11-2. Next up, the guys took care of Nanaimo 6-3 and fol-
WKLA Midget boys with their bronze medals from Provincials. Submitted photo
lowed that up with an 11-1 drubbing of Sunshine Coast. WKLA’s only loss of the tournament came Saturday against Surrey. The boys fells 5-3.
Despite being disappointed at not making the Provincial final, WKLA came back to beat Nanaimo 10-6 to pick up bronze. “There were some
tough teams there,” said Chirdaris. “Surrey was definitely very strong.” The WKLA Pee Wees also picked up bronze in Richmond.
home meet, including a sweep in division 6 girls and a near sweep in div 8 boys: Bronze: Ethan Lawczynski (div 1), Cayden Cooke (div 2), Noah Larocque (div 3), Sierra Buchanan (div 4), Noah Roberston (div 5), Seraphina Welychko (div 6), Niallan Collier (div 8) Silver: Carson Ogloff (div 1), Simon Larocque (div 2), Sophie Jansen (div 4), Troy Negreiff (div 5), Rachael teBulte (div 6), Mitchell Bourne
(div 8) Gold: Kristen Marsh (div 6), Genevieve Jin (div 8), Nick Welychko (div 8) Records from over a decade ago were also broken: Division 1 boys 4x50m medley and 4x50 freestyle relay: Ethan Lawczynski, Bryce Anderson, Lynden Hanvold & Carson Ogloff Division 8 boys 4x50m freestyle relay: Kristian Kanigan, Mitchell Bourne, Niallan Collier & Nick Welychko
Division 8 boys 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke: Nick Welychko Team Points Cranbrook Tritons - 21 Kimberley Seahorses - 115 Creston Wave 150 Nelson Neptunes 199 Colville Sharks 217 Grand Forks Piranhas - 219 Trail Stingrays 489 Castlegar Aquanauts - 599
Local swimmers dominate the competition Continued from P. 17
Carson Ogloff, Logan Ogloff, Christopher Paulson, Ayden Quintanilha, Reid Quintanilha, Hannah Robbie, Noah Robertson, Mckenna Ross, Anastasia Salekin, Harper Shaman, Wren Shaman, Rachael teBulte, Nick Welychko, Sera Welychko, Colton Zemp, Keegan Zemp & Jessica Zwick! As for podium appearances, the Aquanauts cashed in on 15 medals at their